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Here it is, issue 1 of Avalanche. The second issue because after 0 comes 1, that is the logic of mathematics. Not that we believe in a linear development of this
project. It will undoubtedly not only go crescendo, but
that does not stop us. With jolts and bumps, to the rhythm
of the anarchist activity, of life itself we go further.
Honestly we got quite a few positive responses while
spreading the zero issue. Sometimes with some critical notes after the comrades went through the texts.
We wouldn’t want to have it otherwise. The messages
that reach us also talk about future contributions. While
there are already some seeping in, we wait eagerly for
others. The correspondence we propose is not an easy
one, we are aware of that. Writing down a sort of where
we are or what we want (or even what is happening
around us) on paper provokes a lot of thoughts and
discussion between comrades. An important process
of which the tentative written down result then effects
the sharpening of ideas and methods in other places.
Food for the imagination or a tingle, an incitement to.
While we were working on this issue, copies of the
zero issue are still on their way to their destination.
In times of internet and the constant capitalist flux, it
sounds like a unseemly fact. Anarchist correspondence
does not tend to follow the fastest way to the largest
audience, but rather the erratic paths of comrades and
their affinities. In backpacks, passing different postal
addresses, from hand to hand, a bundle of paper becomes an excellent opportunity to pass by, to drink
coffee together, to strengthen links across borders.
In this issue, as said, some specific contributions. Additionally, we have still reproduced some chronologies.
Like about the conflicts in Burgos that found resonance
in many heads and hands. And the disruptive moments
in the Brazilian territory that manifest a certain determination (see the previous issue) and that we do not
want to lose sight of. Undoubtedly, there is more to it
and an international chronology can count many additional pages. But we are confident that others will claim

their place with more in-depth contributions. Several
texts go into the repressive blows against anarchists.
Again, we do not aim to be exhaustive, but we want to
put forward some texts that try to trace connections.
In many places in the world anarchists and anti-authoritarians are trying to strike up the attack against
authority. The versatility of the attack, the different approaches to fighting from an anti-political and uncompromising perspective and the critiques to sharpen and
deepen these attacks are very dear to us. They form the
heart of the autonomous and informal anarchist movement that starts from the individual, from his own anarchist ideas and from the attempt to bring freedom for
which we fight here and now, in practice in the struggle. It is certainly not the easiest way, because insurrectional tensions not only confront everything we despise in